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Show HERE'S BRITAIN'S NEW FIRST SEA LORD 7 ' Sir John Fisher. Sir John Fisher has just been appointed Great Britain's first sea lordl 4i the admiralty to succeed Prince Louis of Battenberg. He has been admiral ad-miral of the British fleet since 1905. He was born in 1841 and entered the British naval service when thirteen years old, working his way up through all the grades. When the British channel fleet was reorganized in 1907 Admiral Fisher had a serious difference with Lord Charles Beresford over its composition. Both the public and the members of parliament took sides in tho controversy, contro-versy, ana ultimately Lord Charles Beresford was forced out of the fleet |